First Taste of Sin

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First Taste of Sin
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Studio album by
Released1972
Recorded1972
Studio Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco & Los Angeles, California
Genre Soul, rock, jazz
Length36:38
Label Reprise Records
Producer Donny Hathaway
Cold Blood chronology
Sisyphus
(1971)
First Taste of Sin
(1972)
Thriller
(1973)
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First Taste of Sin is the third album by the Oakland, California band Cold Blood, and their first for Reprise Records. [2] This album is noted for being produced by soul singer/musician Donny Hathaway. [3] It also includes the original version of Hathaway's "Valdez in the Country", which Hathaway himself would record the next year for his 1973 album Extension of a Man . [4]

Contents

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Visions"Donny Baldwin, Boroquez3:19
2."Lo and Behold" James Taylor 4:12
3."Down to the Bone"Danny Hull, Cecil Stoltie5:19
4."You Had to Know" Donny Hathaway 5:47
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."My Lady Woman"Hull, Stoltie4:01
6."No Way Home"Hull, Raul Matule3:23
7."Inside Your Soul"Max Haskett3:26
8."All My Honey"Hull, Stoltie3:27
9."Valdez in the Country"Hathaway3:44
Total length:36:38 [5]

Personnel

Technical

Charts

Chart (1972)Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums [6] 133

References

  1. Collins, Paul. Cold Blood: First Taste of Sin Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  2. "Progressive Sounds". Delhi Express. June 15, 1972. p. 8.
  3. Laycock, John (June 20, 1972). "Black Soul, Inspiration". The Windsor Star . p. 18.
  4. "Donny Hathaway – Extension Of A Man". Discogs . 1973.
  5. "Cold Blood – First Taste Of Sin". Discogs. 1972.
  6. "Cold Blood US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 19, 2011.